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A45295	Hypocrisie discovered, or, A further manifestation of the secret designe, practices, and inventions of the Protector, so called, to seat himself in and be vested with, the power and office of chief magistrate in this nation, contrary to those many declarations, engagements and protestations in opposition thereunto, not onely as it was contrary to an act of Parliament, made after many out-goings of God, against the late King and his monarchy, but also as it did oppose the kingdome and interest of our Lord Jesus		1655 (1655)	Wing H3887; ESTC R7532	18,726	17

stroak of his sending there shall be found no healing of it which through the pride and stoutness of his heart he will not see nor acknowledg but sayes He will repair the fallen Bricks with Free-stone the Cicamore with Cedars And as Baalam did beat his Asse though the Angel withstood him he imprisons the instrument Venables and Penn who formerly whilest in the Lord work were found faithfull and often blessed with successe as if the miscarriage had been through their treachery when every eye may see it was from God who withheld wisdome and courage but whilest his Physitians are applying plasters and he is licking himself whole Gen. Blake which few have observed as they should missing the Provisions sent to enable his continuance out untill he should meet with and catch the Spanish Plate fleet for which he had waited some time returning empty handed And thus when there is none shut up or left the mighty Lord the Lord of hosts pleads the cause of his people giving him a miscarrying wombe and dry breasts and so blasts him in both the ends of the earth whereunto he had spread his wings to get name and fame by two such Fleets as scarce ever any King of England had at once upon the Seas the charge of which Expedition a Million of mony did not desray At last gold and silver every way fayling we have an acknowledgment in the Preamble of his declaration for a Fast that rebukes from God are upon him but those for the evill and apostacy of others not giving glory to God in confessing his own and adding to this his riotous Feasting and as is boasted with rare Musick entertaining the Popish Ambassador of France the day seven night before his fast which is far from telling the Nations the Lord hath founded Zion and the poor ' of his people shall trust in it Isa 14 32. Is there not strong ground of jealousie ministred to fear that 〈◊〉 heart is hardened rather than humbled under the Lords mighty hand who assuredly will not be mocked by him and it s to be hoped his People will not be further deluded for can any reasonably think the War brought upon us from Spaine which his lust provoked unto and for which the anger of the Lord hath so smoaked against him is as in his Declaration he would perswade principally for the advancement of the kingdome of Christ when at the same time which is worthy observation he makes Peace with France a popish Nation guilty of much blood of Saints the forces within whose territories among others so lately and barbarously embrued their hands in the blood of the poore Waldenses and by whose Ambassadour such grievous condition hath been obtruded on the remainder of them Having thus opened the foregoing particulars some whereof were not so generally known and others its to be doubted not so duly observed I shall now for the sake of those who would not be swayed by their fond affections but their judgements grounded upon the word of truth which is able to make the man of God perfect readily furnished to every good work present a few scriptures which if the Lord please to open by his spirit the best interpreter may be of further use unto them Gal. 2.18 If I build again the things destroyed I make my self a transgressor Isa 31.1 Wo to them that go down to Aegypt for help and stay on horses and trust on charriots because they are many and in horsmen because they very strong but they look not to the holy one of Israel neither seek the Lord. Read Isa 30.3 first verses They take councel but not of me and cover with a coveting but not of my spirit Hab. 2. 9. Wo to him that coveteth an evill covetousnes to his house that he might set his nest on high v. 6. Wo to him that encreaseth that that is not his how long and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay v. 15. Wo to him that giveth his neighbour drink that puttest thy bottle to him and makest him drunken also Hos 8.3 Israel hath cast off the thing that is good the enemy shal pursue him v. 4 They have set Kings but not by me they have made Princes and I knew it not Amos 6. 1. Wo to them that are at ease in Sion c. v. 3. Ye that put far away the evill day and cause the seat of violence to come near v. 4. That lie upon beds of ivory and stretch themselves upon their couches and eat the lamb● out of the flock and the calves out of the midst of the stall v. 5. That chant to the sound of the Viol and invent themselves instruments of musick like David that drink wine in bowls anointing themselves with the chief ointments but they are not grieved for the afflictions of Joseph v. 12. For ye have turned judgment into Gall and the fruit of righteousnes into H●mlock v. 13. Ye which rejoyce in a thing of nought which say have we not taken horns unto us by our own strength Hos 5.6 7. They shall go with their flocks and their herds to seek the Lord but they shall not find him he hath withdrawn himself from them they have dealt treacherously with the Lord for they have begotten stron children Now shall a month devour them with their portions Isa 65. 11. But ye are they that forsake the Lord that forget my holy mountain that prepare a table for that troop and that furnish a drink offering for that number therefore will I number you c. v. 12 13 14 15 compared with cap. 66 v. 3 4 5 6. Isa 29. 15. Wo to them that seek deep to hide their councel from the Lord their works arein the dark and they say who seeth us and who knoweth surely your turning things upside down shall be esteemed as the potters clay c. v. 21. That make a man an offender for a word and lay a snare for him hat reproveth in the gate and turn a side the just for a thing of nought Mat. 2● 48. But and if that evill servant shall say in his heart my Lord delayeth his comming and shall begin to smite his fellow servant and to eat and drink with the drunken the Lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looked not for him and in an houre that he is not aware of and shall cut him in sunder and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites Isa 30.8 Now go write it before them in a Table and note it in a Book that it may be for a time to come for ever and ever Reader wanting room at present you may please to reade th●s● scriptures in order at large as they stand for they should have come in here viz Isai 30 v. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17. and 2 Chron. 36. v. 16. Isa 26. 11. Psal 14. 6. and Prov. 1. v. 24 25 26 27 28. If that which is written be for our learning then where we finde like sins we may with sobriety humble reverence apply such judgments and sentences to them as the holy spirit in the scripture hath given in like cases if it was so fatall to Pharaoh though a heathen for not letting Gods people go free he being come down to deliver them Exo. 3. 8. as brought upon him all those sore plagues if God reckoned the Amalekites interruption because he had begun to deliver his people a laying their hands upon his throne Exod. 17. 16. And therefore would have war with them for ever If God was so angry with the Congregation of Israel when they but spake of making them a Captain to go back into Aegypt whilest their chief Leaders mourned before him for the same Num. 14.4 5 6. 32 37. What shall we say of the present transgressions when after the mighty God hath bowed the heavens and may be said to have come down as in Isa 64. 13. after he hath begun to deliver his people out of Aegyptian bondage even to the drowning of Pharaoh and his host when the Captain of the Lords Army the General himself shall not onely return to Aegypt but beat them of the congregation that will not return with him having thereby brought so evill report upon that good land to wit the glorious Cause of God and his Christ that the wisdome powerfulnes and love of God which were fairly written upon his late works the Kingdom of Christ and his poore people waiting for the same were never under so great a reproach too many now questioning whither there be either God Christs Cause or People or all be not a devised fable onely for men to attain their lusts by Seeing then things revealed belong to us and where we finde on the house top breach of Promise lying hypocrisie and perjury departing away from God hating of brethren which is Murder 1 Joh. 3. 15. Oppression Revolt Persecution love of this world and the things of it where judgment is turned backward where justice standeth a far off where truth is fallen where equity cannot enter yea he that departeth from evil and will testifie for good maketh himself a prey I say of such persons and their things Gods people are taught by Moses and the Prophets by Christ and his Apostles how to judge of them that their way is displeasing to the Lord they are enemies to the Crosse of Christ a shameful spuing will come upon all their glory Therefore all that love their God their own souls the good of their own Country ought to depart from the tents of such men least by their complyance that wo of calling evill good befall them so pertaking in a measure of their sins they partake in their plagues also Rather if the God of all grace so please and oh that it might seem good in his sight that judgment might return unto righteousnesse and that all of each judgment that are upright in soule with one heart might follow hard after the same Finis

HYPOCRISIE DISCOVERED OR A Further Manifestation of the secret Designe Practices and intentions of the Protector so called to seat himself in and be vested with the Power and Office of chief Magistrate in this Nation contrary to those many Declarations Engagements and Protestations in opposition thereunto not onely as it was contrary to an Act of Parliament made after many out-goings of God against the late King and his Monarchy but also as it did oppose the Kingdome and Interest of our Lord Jesus Isa 29. 15 16. Wo to them that seek deep to hide their Councel from the Lord and their works are in the dark and they say who seeth us and who knoweth us Surely your turning of things up-side-down shall be esteemed as the Potters clay c. To the READER BEing a little affected with the sence of the dishonour brought upon the Name Works and wayes of God the pretious Cause and Interest of Christ and his poore people at this day and that therein many as I hope truly fearing God are consenting and drawn aside by the deceiving of the Protector so called ●hrough the too high estimation and good opinion they have of that person for such being dealt with for strengthning his hands in this way of his own choosing they will acknowledge his turning short upon former professions whereby Saints w●re engaged and his apparent evill in his accession to 〈◊〉 worse administration of the Government But yet defend themselves with a hope their advantages in siding and pertaking with him tending to blinde their eyes that there may be good intentions and integrity at the bottome forgetting as is to be feared that the appearance of evill is to be avoided and not the least committed for the greatest good And though I am far from taking pleasure to rake into the Sores and Infirmities of any knowing so much of my own yet for the Lord his work and Peoples sake to rescue the feet of some and prevent others from falling into his snare yea for his sake also if the Lord so please to blesse it with whom private applications have not prevailed the lancing of a putrified sore being necessary and in order to its Cure I have thought it my duty therein also I trust following the minde of the Lord who is making his folly manifest unto all that he may proceed no further a little in some particulars to open him and his wayes HYPOCRISIE DISCOVERED c. IT might be remembred with what cheerfulnes of heart out of love to the Lord his work when the last invasion was from Scotland many of the choisest spirited Saints came out of severall parts of the Nation to ingage against them What their entertainment also was from the Army those at Warrington bridge very well know The new Moddel was never so slighted scorned and reproached by the old Officers and Army as these were who instead of receiving acknowledgement for their so seasonable appearance in the common-service were returned under as great contempt as could be possibly laid upon them * It s worthy to be observed that this enmity now more heightned in some Officers and others of the Army against that spirit now more refined which then appeared in these godly persons began to shew it self not only at Warrington-bridge but also when M. G. Harrison was with his Horse in Scotland which was some time before The good People bearing all with meeknesse and patience unwilling to harbour a hard thought of him who yet gave countenance to all the unworthy dealings they met with Upon his return from the Battell at Worcester severall Persons eminent for godliness of the Congregations in and about London came to him as to acknowledge the Lords goodnesse in that his wonderfull appearance so also that he would imploy his utmost endeavours with the Parliament for the further improvement of it to answer the Lords designe and the great expectations upon the hearts of his people * When some complained of the so long delays of busines in the Parliament In answer thereunto he did declare there was not above six men if so many in the House that had a heart or minded to any thing And when such told him that therefore it was very requisite a period should be put to their sitting and others more fit to be chosen in their rooms and that the most publique spirited people of the Nation did much desire it This he could not but acknowledge ought to be so yet did so fear that honest spirit which prest after it that he durst not venture to go about it least the power coming too much into their hands he should be hindred of what we may now perceive he had then propounded to himself And therefore did go on with the Parliament though they had not a heart to do any thing till such time as is well mentioned they begun to entrench upon him the plain truth is there was such juggling in the letting them sit so long afterwards dissolving them in chusing the Little Parliament and some of them contriving to bring the Power to him that it would take up too much time and paper to declare it To which he replyed amongst other things that there was no more hopes of drawing on the Parliament thereunto then was of making a Bar of Iron become a Lute string but desired that they with the Congregations to which they did relate would seek unto the Lord to know his pleasure in what was to be done and to let him know what upon such seeking should be set upon their hearts which accordingly they did and waiting again upon him gave this as the sum of what had been set upon them That though they desired to acknowledge the Parliament in those many worthy things wherein it had pleased the Lord of his grace to own them yet were they perswaded that he had cut them short of spirit to the residue of his work and therefore did propose that a short time of six Moneths or thereabouts might be put beyond which the Parliament might not sit and in the interim care to be take for qualifications of persons to be elected to succeed in the Government which might be furnished by the Lord for the carrying on of his work whereupon by very harsh not to say reviling speeches he soon discovered that he was altered from what he seemed to be when formerly they had been with him being fallen with some of the grandees of the Parliament by whose means as was then feared and as since evident ground is given to judge he hoped to bring about some ends of his own and so slighting them and the advice so solemnly brought unto him having formerly ingaged them to aske councel from the Lord they were dismissed but left this behind with him to pause upon That seeing he would not hear they would turn unto the Lord whose ears are alwayes open to the cryes of his People And its observable that hence forth instead